[kj] Official Site

[Alexander Smith]

"timeless wisdom doesnt need updating"

'Timeless' is clearly a relative term, here.

Alex in NYC



On Apr 2, 2009, at 8:27 AM, bongo wrote:


>

>

> On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 3:58 AM, GREG SLAWSON <gregslawson at msn.com>  

> wrote:

> SOme of the problems I have w/religion:

> Although it may offer some good advice on how to live our lives, it

>

> .........1. Doesn't update it's teachings (it's the holy book and  

> nothing else)

>

> timeless wisdom doesnt need updating... the metaphors could probably  

> be re-hashed tho, i reckon Ali G. should do it..

>

>

> .........2. tends to interpret the holy book in question in a  

> mechanical way (fundamentalists)

> stoopid people do stoopid things, and our culture seems to be  

> breeding stoopidity!

> (its got Electrolites!)

>

> .........3. is deterministic (god will decide everything, so don't  

> try to change the way things are)

>

> alot of christian stuff is heavily borrowed from the Egyptians... if  

> you get into that stuff, (like the Hermetica) theres similar tales  

> with less 'christian bullshit' attached...

> i doubt there was a real jesus (not even his real name ffs!) but if  

> you understand His teachings, it doesnt matter!

> if He was the Son of God, and so are We, then We are God, and We  

> decide what happens...  there is no creater there is a creating -  

> and you and i are a part of it (not 'apart from it' )

> what will you do with your power??

>

> as Tones on Tail put it . . .   THERE'S ONLY ONE!

>

>

>

>

>

>

> -- 

>

>

> "due to a lack of trained trumpeters, the end of the world has been  

> postponed indefinitely..."

> _______________________________________________

> Gathering mailing list

> Gathering at misera.net

> http://four.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/gathering


-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://four.pairlist.net/pipermail/gathering/attachments/20090402/4de8a6bc/attachment.html>